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My PaperWEDNESDAYJULY 3 2013

MCI (P) 116/05/201

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PHILADELPHIA

STAYING up late not onaffects your alertness theday, but it will also makethicker in the waist.

Researchers at theUniversity of Pennsylvanthe United States found study subjects who wereup until 4am in a sleep lamore than 550 extra caloduring the late-night hou

This is because peopleto crave junk food in thehours of the morning.

While prior research hassociated sleep deprivatwith increased snacking,

study adds to the mountievidence that seven or ehours of sleep does a bodgood, while also providininsights from a lab settin

The randomised studyinvolving 225 healthy adfound that people who sponly four hours in bed fr4am to 8am for fiveconsecutive nights gainedmore weight than controsubjects who slept 10 hoeach night from 10pm to

The sleep-deprivedsubjects not only consummore calories, but they aate more fatty foods durthe late-night hours thanother times of the day.

The study also found men gained more weightwomen if they stayed up

The study appears onlin the journal Sleep.

A separate study publearlier this year also findthat sleeping a mere fivehours a night during aworkweek with unlimiteaccess to snacks is not gofor the waistline.

The study, led by theUniversity of Colorado aBoulder, found thatparticipants gained nearlin five days when put in a situation.

AFP

Night owlsrisk havingexpandingwaistlines

Firefighters battling a huge blaze at a recycling plant in Britain on Mondayafter a falling sky lantern set100,000 tonnes of paper alight. Ten of the more than 200 firefighterssuffered minor injuries fighting the inferno at the plant in Smethwick, just outside Birmingham.Paper sky lanterns are increasingly popular at British celebrations.

FULL REPORT: NEWS A6

Paper inferno:PHOTO: REUTERS

The haze that has been engulfing Riau, Indonesia, for the past few weeks may have started tofade, but the regions problems are not over yet as the disaster has left an estimated 10,380people suffering from acute respiratory infection. About half of them are children aged under

five. The number is expected to rise as it covers only eight of the 12 regencies and cities across Riau.

HAZEWATCH //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Respiratory illness hits

over 10,000 in hazy Riau

B5

Shadow bankingcould leadto Chinabank failures

NEWS A16 TECHNOLOGY A25

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THE most-desired com-plimentary facility ina n a ir po rt i s acinema, as most trav-

ellers want to be entertainedwhile they wait for flights, a newsurvey has found.

Of the 10,000 travellers fromaround the world polled by trav-el-search site Skyscanner in May,49 per cent voted for the silverscreen.

Singapores Changi Airport

has movie theatres in Terminals 2and 3, while Hong Kong Interna-tional Airport has the largest Im-ax Theatre in the city.

Shut-eye also scored highly,

with over a third of respondentsvoting for sleep pods a featurethat A bu D ha bi A irpor t un-veiled last month, which, atS$15 per hour, provides an af-fordable alternative to a hotelroom.

In third place is an airport li-brary allowing travellers to bor-row their holiday reading, show-ing tha t, de s pite the r is e of e-books, the traditional paper-back is still a popular choice for

travellers.Outdoor space at the airport isalso a highly-desired feature,w ith a pa rk a r ea voted thefourth-most-wanted.

While both male andfemale re-spondents were in agreementover their top choice of an airportcinema, there was greater genderdisc r epa nc y w ith the othe rmost-wanted features.

A vanity area offering free cos-metics and hair-styling productswas what 45 per cent of womenwanted (versus 14 per cent ofmen), while 12 per cent wanted apersonal shopper (8 per cent ofmen).

Men, on the other hand, ap-peared to look for more activeentertainment at the airport,with 14 per cent voting for com-plimentary bikes to get around

the airport (9 per cent of wom-en) and 8 per cent wanting agolf-swing practice area (3 percent of women).

Some more-unlikely choices inairport facilities include karaoke(5 per cent) and man-made beach(12 per cent).

Skyscanner spokesman SamPoullain said: Airport facilitieshaveimproved dramatically in re-cent years and its clear that trav-ellers want to be entertained as

they wait for flights.More airports may look to in-troduce some of these most-re-quested features in years tocome, as travellers come to ex-

pect more in terms of facand services.

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An alleged rapist posed as a policeman in a bid to pressurise a16-year-old girl into having sex with him, a court heard yesterday. Straits Times reported that Sivakumar Selvarajah, 41 (left), threatethe teen with arrest after catching her getting intimate with her boyin a parked car, prosecutors claimed on the first day of his trial.

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About 150 personnel and 20emergency and supportingvehicles will be involved in theexercise. The public is advisednot to be alarmed.

NEW DIRECTOR FORSINGAPORE ART MUSEUM

THE National Heritage Board hasappointed Dr Susie Lingham asthe director of the Singapore ArtMuseum with effect from early

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Cinema:din yng yun

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RIAU

THE heavy haze whichhas been engulfingRiau, Indonesia, forthe past few weeks,

may have started to fade, but theregions problems are not overyet as the disaster has left an esti-mated 10,380 residents sufferingfrom acute respiratory infections(ARIs).

Abouthalf thepatientswere re-portedly children under five yearsof age, the Riau Health Agency

said on Monday.Head of Disease Control and

Environmental Health at the agen-cy, Tengku Zul Effendi, said thenumber is expected to increase asthe figure covered only eight ofthe 12 regencies and cities acrossRiau.

This is not the final figure asseveral of the worst-hit regions,including Rokan Hilir, have yet tosubmit their data, said Mr Zul.

The rise in the number of peo-ple suffering from ARIs has been

relentless since June 18, 10 daysafter the haze started to blanketthe province.

The haze has also triggeredasthma attacks among 699 peo-ple, and pneumonia among 708.

Some of them have had to behospitalised due to their severeconditions, he said.

As many as 538 people have

suffered skin irritation, while 622have had eye irritation.

A mixture of haze andpost-fire dust residue has contrib-uted to skin and eye irritation.These are relatively minor diseas-es and are directly due to thehaze. But they have to be treatedimmediately to prevent further in-fection, Mr Zul said, adding that

the administration would pay forthe treatment of all patients whosuffered haze-related illnesses.

Treatment will be free aslong as the state of emergency isin force in Riau. We are trying toprovide immediate assistance andtreatment to patients, he added.

The agency has distributed120,000 masks across 12 regen-cies and cities since the haze hitthe province, as well as providingan additional 170,000 masks.

Fire-fighting measures wereshowing signs of progress on Mon-day, with the Meteorology, Geo-physics and Climatology Agen-cys Pekanbaru office sighting on-ly four hot spots in Riau a signifi-cant decrease from the previous17 spots sighted last Saturday.

Land and forest fires have foryears been a major problem forRiau as smallholders and planta-tion firms allow slash-and-burnfarming methods. In Riau itself,hundreds of people were evacuat-ed, while several flights were can-celled when the haze hamperedvisibility severely.

In some regions like Dand Bengkalis, the air-qualdex reached more than 60the Pollutant Standards (PSI). Under normal condithe PSI range is between zer50; a reading above 300 is cered hazardous. The fires haso reportedly claimed the litwo Bengkalis residents.

Haze also blanketed the nbouring island of Batamcaused the authorities toflights.

THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA

NEWS NETWORK

HAZEWATCH ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

More than 10,000 sick in hazy RiauForecast for Singapore today

SINGAPOREANS can continue toexpect the air to be good.

The National EnvironmentAgency (NEA) said yesterday thatthe 24-hour Pollutant StandardsIndex (PSI) today, until 6pm, isexpected to be at the high end ofthe good range below 50.

The 24-hour PM2.5 leveltoday is expected to be slightlyelevated. PM2.5 particulates fineparticles less than 2.5 micro-

metres in diameter are said to

be more dangerous to a personshealth than larger particles.

Still, NEA said that normalactivities can be carried out byhealthy people, children, seniors,pregnant women, and people withchronic medical conditions,especially lung or heart disease.

NEA said that for the next fewdays, low-level winds from thesouth-west are expected.

Thunderstorms are expectedin the late morning and early

afternoon.

Haze: yn w

Asthma attacks:xio chun f zu

Treatment: zh lio

Hot spots: r din

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B Y P R A B U K R I S H N A

M OOR THY

THE deaths of anumber ofpigeonsin two estates asthe haze worsened

last month got residents con-cerned. Were the birds killedby the haze?

The incidents, which tookplace in Bukit Panjang and Cir-cuit Road, were reported onciti-zen-journalismwebsite Stomp.

Twelve dead pigeons werereported in Circuit Road, whileabout 10 were spotted in Bukit

Panjang.The Bukit Panjang incident

occurred on June 17. The24-hour Pollutant StandardsIndex (PSI) reading was be-tween 68 and 83 at 4pm.

The Circuit Road incidentwas posted on Stomp on June20, when the 24-hour PSI was179-214 at 4pm, up from101-121 the day before.

The Marine Parade Town

Council, which Circuit Roadcomes under, told My Paperthat thedeadpigeonswere a re-

sult of an ongoing bird-cullingexercise during that period.

The Agri-Food and Veteri-

nary Authority (AVA) con-firmed this.

With regard to the BukitPanjang case, as the birds havebeen disposed of, we are una-ble to ascertain the cause ofdeath, an AVA spokesmansaid.

Of the hazes effect on birds,the Jurong Bird Park said yes-terday that the birds at thepark were behaving normally.

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UNSETTLING SIGHT: About 10 dead pigeons were seen in Bukit Panjangon June 17, when the PSI was between 68 and 83. PHOTO: STOMP

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Guess what killed pigeons

Pigeons: g zi

Incidents: sh jin

Pollutant Standards Index:kng q w rn zh sh

Disposed of: qng ch

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B Y L I S A O O N

IS VALUDOLLAR sell-ing expired products?

That was the ques-tion raised after admin-

istration executive Joanne

Yang bought two tubes ofVaseline Lip Therapy from thestore which had a new expi-ry-date sticker pasted overone that indicated the producthad already expired.

The 29-year-old bought thetubes last Saturdayat the Valu-Dollar shop in Compass Point.

In photosshe posted on citi-zen-journalism site Stomp, theoriginal sticker showed thatthe expiry date was Feb 16thisyear,while thesticker past-ed over it stated May 2015.

Ms Yang lodged a com-plaint with the Health Scienc-es Authority (HSA).

I am worried (and) dontknow which Vaseline productis safe to use now. I wil lchange the brand of lip balm Iuse, she said.

ValuDollar is known forselling products like snacksand toiletries at bargain pric-es.

A ValuDollar spokesmanclarified yesterday that theVaseline Lip Therapy tubes itsells have not expired.

The 2013 date was amisprint and, hence, the im-porter rectified the error byplacing another sticker on topof the misprinted sticker, saidthe spokesman.

He added that none of theitems sold in ValuDollar areexpired products.

The HSA said it was process of investigatincase and will take the nsary actions to protect phealth and safety.

Anexpiredcosmetic pis deemed to be unwhole

under the Health ProAct. It is an offence undlaw for any person to ssupply an unwholehealth product, it added

The penalty is a fineto $50,000, a jail term oftwo years, or both.

The Consumers Astion of Singapore (Casethat under the Consumetection Fair Trading Actan unfair practice for thplier to make a false about the expiry date olead the consumer by ning or saying anything the wrong expiry date.

Casesaid a shop is anable to consumers if it sepired goods, and cons

have the right to seek reunder the law. Errant retmay be fined.

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SINGAPORE deployed anti-pollu-

tion craft and patrol vessels toclean up an oil spill after two bulkcarriers collided.

About 100 tonnes of fuel oilleaked after a bunker tank on theSouth Korean-registered OrientalPioneer was damaged in the colli-sion with Bahamas-registered At-

lantic Hero, the Maritime and Port

Authority of Singapore (MPA)said yesterday.The accident occurred about

6.6km south-west of Tanah MerahFerry Terminal, it added.

No one was injured, and portoperations and traffic in the Straitof Singapore are unaffected, the

authority said. The two vessels are

now anchored.Good progress has been madein containing and cleaning up theoil spill, the MPA said in an up-date. There has been no furtherspillage of fuel oil from OrientalPioneer.

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Expiry dateconfusioncauses jitters

WHICH IS RIGHT? A ValuDollar customer bought two tubes of VaLip Therapy and found that there were two expiry dates. PHOTO: ST

rogress in cleaning up Tanah Merah oil spill

Expiry date:yu xio q xin

Misprint:yn shu cu w

Cosmetic product:mi rng chn pn

Unwholesome:yu hi jin kng

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K U A L A L U M P U R

AHUGE sign on thecontrol tower of Ma-laysias budget termi-nal in Sepang, dubbed

KLIA2, proudly proclaims that itwas constructed in 10 months.However, the contractors appar-ently forgot about the rest of theproject.

The completion of the airporthas been delayed five times andmany doubt that the contractors

can meet the new opening date ofMay 2 next year.A team from The Star which

spent a week at the site foundgood reason for the scepticism.

Amongthe featuresyetto becom-pletedis a 300mskybridge forpedes-trians, the first of its kind in Asia.

Contrary to claims that con-struction had been speeded up andwas going on round the clock andseven days a week, the team

found that work was actually be-ing done at a normal pace. It foundthat the pace was even slower onweekends, with hardly any move-ment of machinery and few work-ers at the site.

Theconstruction of themain ter-minal of the building appeared tobe only about 60 per cent complet-ed. The internal roads linking themain terminal to the other parts ofthe airport have yet to be built.

However, the team found thatseveral key features of the airport

had already been completed.Among them are the KLIA2scontrol tower and the two rampslinking the airport to the KualaLumpur International Airport ex-tension highway.

According to an inside source,the work on the project was nowtaking shape at a faster rate than itwas a few months ago.

An international expert fromthe construction industry said the

airport could be completed byApril 30 next year only if workwas carried out at a much morerapid pace.

Intensity is the key to the com-pletion of the project, he said.From outside, the terminal build-ing looks very raw. However, a lotof things can be done in 10months, provided the remainingwork is carried out with greater in-tensity.THESTAR/ASIANEWSNETWORK

L O N D O N

WILLit bea girl called Alexan-dra, or a boy called Wayne?

No one outside Bucking-ham Palace knows, but it hasnot stopped punters world-wide from betting on PrinceWilliam and Catherines royal

baby. There is a right choice of odds on the branging from the future archs sex, weight and haour, to even whether Cine will have a caesarean

ery.The big money is on th

bys name, said Mr Joe Ca spokesman for British ies William Hill.

Traditional names healist, led by Alexandra wcomes to girls namesGeorge for boys.

AFP

Doubts over KL budget

terminals completion

World bets onroyal baby

Control tower:kng zh t

Delayed:yn ch

Skybridge:rn xng tin qio

Construction industry: jin zh y



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MOSCOW

SEVERALcountries yes-terday spurned asylumrequests from Mr Ed-ward Snowden, the

former United States spy-agencycontractor wanted for leaking se-crets.

Mr Snowden, who revealedthe secret US electronic-surveil-lance programme, Prism, has ap-plied for political asylum in morethan a dozen countries.

The 30-year-old is in legallimbo in the transit area of Mos-cows Sheremetyevo Internation-al Airport, unable to fly becausehe has no legal travel documentsand no Russian visa to leave theairport.

On Monday, he broke anine-day silence since arriving inMoscow from Hong Kong, chal-lenging Washington by saying hewas free to publish more about its

programmes and that he was be-ing illegally persecuted.

That ruled out a prolongedstay in Russia, where a spokes-man for President Vladimir Putinsaid Mr Snowden had withdrawnhis request for asylum after theRussian leader said that he shouldgive up his anti-American activi-ty.

Mr Snowden has prepared asy-lum requests for countries includ-ing India, China, Brazil, Ireland,Austria, Bolivia, Cuba, Finland,France,Germany, Italy, the Neth-erlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Po-land, Spain, Switzerlandand Ven-ezuela, WikiLeaks said.

But several countries, includ-ing his favoured Ecuador, saidthey could not consider an asy-lum request from him unless hewas on their territory.

Norway said he was unlikelyto get asylum there, and Polandsaid it would not give a positiverecommendation to any request.

Finland, Spain, Ireland andAustria said he had to be in theircountries to make a request,while India said it saw no rea-son to accept his petition.

Only Venezuela seemed sym-pathetic.

President Nicolas Maduro saidof Mr Snowden during a visit toMoscow: He deserves theworlds protection.

REUTERS

BEIJING

THE daughter of a 77-year-old Chinesewoman has been ordered to visit her atleast once every two months, in the firstcase under a new law to protect the elder-ly, reports said yesterday.

Leaning on a cane, the woman hobbledto the plaintiffs seats at a court in Wuxi,which heard the case against the daughterand her husband on Monday, the Wuxi

Daily reported.

The law, which came into effect onMonday, was enacted amid rising con-cerns that Chinas rapid development haschallenged its traditional extended-familyunit and created a spiralling number ofempty-nest homes.

The couple from Wuxi, in the easternprovince of Jiangsu, had agreed to care forthewoman, surnamed Chu, buthad notvis-ited since she went to live with her son fol-lowing a family dispute, the report said.

The Peoples Court in Beitang districtdecided that the couple should visit themother at least once every two months,and onat least two of Chinas national hol-idays, it said.

It also said that the couple could be or-dered to pay compensation if they did notvisit.AFP

FIRST CASE: Madam Chu testifying from the plaintiffs seat at a court in Wuxi. Her daughter andson-in-law have been ordered to visit her at least once every two months. PHOTO: AFP

Snowden runs into

brick wall in asylum bid

Woman ordered

to visit mum under

new China law

World update

MFA: DEFER TRAVEL TO

EGYPT IF POSSIBLE

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairsyesterday advised Singaporeansto consider deferringnon-essential travel to Egypt, asprotests continued afterPresident Mohamed Mursispurned an army ultimatum.

But the Islamist leaderlooked increasingly isolated,with at least six ministersresigning, the liberal oppositionrefusing to talk to him and thearmed forces giving him untiltoday to agree to share power.

Nationwide protests againstMr Mursi had prompted thearmy to tell feuding politicianson Monday that they had 48hours to compromise or itwould impose its own road map

for the country.AGENCIES

CHINA TO HOLD NAVAL

DRILLS WITH RUSSIA

CHINA will join Russia laterthis week for its largest navaldrills with a foreign partner,underscoring deepening tiesbetween the former Cold War

rivals and Beijings desire fcloser links with regionalmilitaries.

China has long been a kcustomer for Russian milithardware, but only in the decade have their militariebegun taking part in jointexercises.AP

SURPRISE PORN SHO

NEAR CHINESE STAT

A MAINTENANCE worksurprised passers-by near aChinese railway station whhe started watching a bannporn film, not realising thacomputer was connected tgiant screen, the state medsaid yesterday.

The worker, identified by his surname, Yuan, was

supposed to repair the screon a building near the statiJilin in north-eastern ChinGlobal Times reported.

But when he began plaThe Forbidden Legend: SeAnd Chopsticks, hundredslocal residents stopped to was well, the official Xinhuaagency reported.AFP

Spurned: j ju

Legal limbo:f l kn jng

Territory: lng t

Petition: qng qi



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SHANGHAI

TEXT-MESSAGEsolic-itations began arriv-ing on the mobilephones of many of

Chinas wealthy lastmonth,prom-i s ing a c ce s s t o l ucr a tivewealth-management productswith yields far above the govern-ments benchmark savings rate.

One message read: ChinaMerchants Bank will issue ahigh-interest financing prod-uct...from June 28 to 30. Theproduct will be 90 days with a 5.5per cent interest rate. Please callus now.

The offers are not comingfrom fly-by-night operators, butsome of Chinas biggest banks.

The complex way they goabout making off-balance-sheetloans is at the heart of ChinasUS$6-trillion(S$7.6-trillion) shad-ow-banking industry. Efforts torein in the dodgy lending practic-es put stock markets worldwidein a tizzy late last month.

Chinas regulators and a fairnumber of economists,policymak-ers and investors worry that le-

gitimate banks are using lightlyregulated wealth-managementproducts to repackage old loans,and prop up risky companies andprojects that might not otherwisebe able to borrow money.

Analysts warn that shadowbanking is helping fuel the rapidgrowth of credit in a weakeningeconomy, which in a worst-casesituation could lead to a seriesof bank failures.

This is the biggest uncertain-ty Ive seen in my 18 years follow-ing the China market, Credit Su-isse economist Dong Tao said ofshadow banking. You dontknow how banks are deployingcapital. And you dont know thecredit risks.

Analysts say that banks arepressing customers to shift moneyfrom an old, regulated part oftheir operations savings depos-its to a new, less-regulated partconsisting of high-yieldingwealth-management productsthat can circumvent governmentinterest-rate controls and be usedto finance high-interest loans todesperate customers.

While the products are popu-lar, disclosure is often poor. Bankemployees insist the principal isguaranteed, but contracts forwealth-management products areusually vague, simply noting thatthere could be risk. Most offer lit-tle detail about where the moneywill be invested.

Much of the money, analystssay, is lent to property developersand local government financingvehicles, areas that have govern-ment officials worried because ofan explosion in property develop-ment and soaring housing prices.

Who is responsible for theloans is not always clear, and thatis where everyone starts gettingnervous.

If a wealth-management prod-uct defaults, who is on the hook?Its all very murky, said MrMichael Pettis, a finance profes-sor at Peking University.NYT

China shadow

banking fuelsuncertainty

A plane is about to crash into the Atlantic Ocean othe beach at Ocean City in Maryland, but this woman seems obliviousthe drama. Inside were two off-duty police officers Mr ThomasGeoghegan Jr, who owned the single-engine Nanchang CJ-6A and waspiloting it on Sunday, and Mr Joshua Adickes.

Savings rate:ch x l

Tizzy: jng hung

Vague: b mng qu

Defaults: b hun zhi

Business update

Plane down!

KL FIRMS PLAN PALMOIL PLANTS IN MYANMAR

MALAYSIAN companies areplanning to build palm-oilfactories in Myanmar, accordingto a Malaysian minister.

Minister of PlantationIndustry and CommoditiesDouglas Uggah Embas toldreporters that Malaysiancompanies are arranging toinvest in the construction ofpalm-oil factories in Myanmar.ELEVEN MEDIA/ASIA NEWSNETWORK

UBS STARTS GOLD-VAULTSERVICE IN SINGAPORE

UBS AG, Switzerlands biggestbank, has started storing goldfor wealth-management clientsat a facility in Singapore, citinginterest from investors in theregion even after the metalslumped into a bear market.

The leased vault in theSingapore FreePort is availablefor clients in the country andfrom Hong Kong.BLOOMBERG

PIANO MAKER STEINBOUGHT FOR $555m

STEINWAY MusicalInstruments, owner of the160-year-old piano makeragreed to be bought byprivate-equity firm KohlbeCo for about US$438 mill(S$555 million).

The deal includes a 45-period during which Steincan solicit other proposalsa statement yesterday.

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M OOR THY

DESPICABLE ME 2 (G)Animation/98 minutesRating: 3/5

WHILE I am defi-nitely not the tar-get demographicf or a ni ma te d

films, that does not stop me frombeing an unabashed fan of filmsthat take place in a make-believeworld where anything is possible.

Despicable Me 2 picks upwhere the first instalment left off,with Gru (Steve Carell) havingtraded his sinister plans for theworld in favour of being a doting,stay-at-home dad and creating aline of jams and jellies.

His three adopted daughters,Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith(Dana Gaier) and Agnes (ElsieKate Fisher) are constantly tryingto set Gru up on dates.

Meanwhile, the Anti-VillainLeague recruits Gru and partnershim with a chatty agent, Lucy Wil-de (Kristen Wiig), to track down a

villain. They subsequently set upa shop in a mall where all the sus-pects own shops.

From there, hilariously clumsyaction sequences ensue.

In the first film, the most mem-orable aspect was the characters.From Grus eccentrics to Agnesadorableness, not to mention thebumbling minions, the film wassolid family fun.

The sequel retains most of theoriginal elements, but kicks it upa few notches with the yellow,uber-cute minions.

This time round, Grus loyal

servants get more screen time, asit is literally minion overloadright from the start.

Judging by the reactions of thekids in the theatre, they loved it.

In fact, making the minions anintegral part of the story ensuresthat their presence throughoutthe film does not feel like aheavy-handed attempt to give au-diences what they want.

However, the sequel does notreach the heights of the originalinstalment, as themoral complexi-ties that made Gru such an inter-esting character in the first film

are missing.M ak in g t he v il la in a

protagonist in a childrens animat-ed film as is the case in Despica-ble Me is not only interesting,butchallengingtoo. Thefilm man-aged to pull it off with aplomb,making Gru an intriguing, empa-thetic character.

In this sequel, Grus reformedcharacter, while well-intentioned,does not give the protagonist theedge that made him so interestingin the first place.

Nevertheless, Despicable Me 2never ceases to entertain.

The voice work is espenoteworthy in this film,Carell outdoing himself ahunchbacked character wholiness belies a caring person

His attempts to break upgo and her boyfriend are esply hilarious, while Wiig excAgent Wilde.

The films key message isly ties, and it succeeds some

with its Mission Impossiblep lot we ird g a d g ets aspot-on, almost-parodical mscore make it a hilarious afilm.

In a way, sequels work for animated films, precisecause anything is possible iworld, such as short and der-shaped kernels that spea strange jabber.

[email protected]

DespicableMe2 opens incinemastomorrow.

L ON DON

CONCERT-GOERS will be famil-iar with this scenario.

Just as the atmosphere at alive music event reaches feverpitch, a sea of illuminated smart-phones obscures the view andshatters the intimacy, reducingy ou r m em or i es t o a s h ak yYouTube clip drowned out byoff-key gig-goers.

Artists and fans are now speak-ing out against the rising trend offilming concerts on phones.

People who would ratherrecord a gig than actually lookwiththeir own eyes are challeng-ing the very essence of the live

experience, said Mr Glenn Max,a producer who has worked withMassive Attack, John Cale andPatti Smith.

TimBurgess, lead singerof Brit-ish band The Charlatans, urgedmusic fans to use the recordingdevice in our brains, whichhave far better effects than thoseyou can get from a phone.

Mr Max, who is also the artis-tic director of Londons VillageUnderground cultural project,added that as well as affecting thecrowds enjoyment, those onstage are also bothered by phonesin gigs.

He said: Artists work hardandvery carefully to be represent-

ed (the way) they conceive theirown work. Imagine singing yourheart out to an audience thatsstripping you of this dignity.

But should anything be doneto limit the trend?

After all, thanks to online ama-teur footage, fans in countries not

visited by the travelling bandsnow have a chance to sample theconcert experience.

But many artists remain op-posed. American art-rockersYeah Yeah Yeahs took matters in-to their own hands, posting noteson the doors of New Yorks Web-ster Hall asking fans not to filmtheir performance as a courtesyto the person behind you, and toNick, Karen and Brian (the bandmembers).

The power to enforce a ban ul-timately rests with the batteredmusic industry, which has alreadyseen technologydecimate its reve-nues from record sales.

Record companies own exclu-

sive rights to record their artists

music, meaning promoters have

to do what they can to prevent

unauthorised filming, said Mr

Chris Cooke, a legal expert and

co-founder of online newsprovid-

er Complete Music Update.Although not specificall

gal, promoters could sue gressors for breach of contfilming is forbidden by theets terms, he said.AFP

SEA OF PHONES: Musicians are now speaking out against a rising trendamong fans of filming concerts on phones. PHOTO: DANIEL SANNUM LAUTE

HAPPY CAMPERS: Gru (Steve Carell) and his loyal servants return in this sequel, with weird gadgets and a spot-on,almost-parodical musical score making it a hilarious action film. PHOTO: UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Bands to gig-goers: Putdown your phones

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Mischievous minions steal the show

The Sandman is returning to Vertigo comics under the influof writer Neil Gaiman (left), who is working with artist J. H.Williams III to tell stories of Morpheus world before his capTitled The Sandman: Overture, the new series will appearbi-monthly from Oct 30 in comic shops and digitally.

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Japanese film producer Jiro

Shindo, 64, has made anumber of films with hisfather, world-renowneddirector Kaneto Shindo, whodied in May last year.

Some of the notable filmsthe father-and-son team hasworked on are A Last Noteand Children Of Hiroshima.The latter will be screened atthe Japanese Film Festival, onfrom now till Monday.

Mr Shindo speaks to MyPaper about what it was likehaving a famous director as afather.

Your mother, Nobuko Otowa, isan actress. How was it likegrowing up in a family that wasinvolved in films?

Although I knew my father was a director, Ithought of it merely as an ordinary job.

I began discussing films with my fatherafter serving as an assistant on location and Istarted to respect him after observing thestaffs attitude towards him. It made me realisehow important his position as a director was.

What was it like working withyour father?My father did not trust producers. After someconvincing, I managed to gain his trust andhad him accept my views as a producer.

Although we had disputes over certain

scenarios, I would stand by his side as he was,after all, my father. I can say that ourrelationship as director and producer wasgood.

Which films do you have thefondest memories of makingwith your father?Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970), A LastNote (1995), Ishiuchi Jinjo Shogakko Hana WaChiredomo (2008) and Postcard (2010).

Can you tell us more about ALast Note?My father made this film after feeling that agehad caught up with him.

It was also the last film which featured mymother, who was diagnosed with liver cancerand had only 17 months to live.

Only my father and I knew how muchlonger she had to live, and filming commencedwithout the rest of the staff and actorsknowing.

She died two months after we watched tpreview together.

I felt that my father expressed it splendidwhen he said that the best he could give hisbeloved lifelong companion and actress wasthis final movie.

What is the most importantlesson you learnt from yourfather?No matter what the difficulty, ponder over itonly after you have reached the final hurdle.

Do you feel pressured to carryon your fathers legacy?Im feeling very pressured. Kaneto Shindo wof a rare breed of film-makers in the Japanefilm industry and surpassing him is imposs

If there was one more film youcould shoot with your father,what would it be?He had written a scene for Children OfHiroshima, which regrettably wasn't filmed dto budget and his old age.

We wanted to show the world the momethe atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima aI felt that my father was the most disappoinabout (not being able to film) it.

KAREN LIM

ChildrenOf Hiroshima will be screenon Saturday, 11am, at the NationalMuseum of Singapore. Admission isfree. Visit http://jpfilmfestival.com

SHADY (2012)Rating: NC16Drama/93 minutesDirector: Ryohei WatanabeBecause of herlast name, Kumada (bear), andher appearance, Misas high-school classmatescall herPooh.

Popular Izumi suddenly takes an interestin her and they become best friends.Although puzzled by Izumis interest in her,Misa is excited about having a friend for thefirst time. But Izumis innocent appearancebelies a dangerous truth.Date: Friday, 9.30pm

Venue: National Museum of SingaporePrice: $13 from www.ticketbooth.sg

I ARE YOU, YOU AM ME (1982)Rating: NC16Comedy/113 minutesDirector: Nobuhiko Obayashi

When ninth-graders Kazuo and Kazumi falldown a long flight of steps from a hilltopshrine, they awaken to find their bodiesswitched.

Their lives in junior high arent made anyeasier, though they begin to develop feelingsfor one another in this hilariouscoming-of-age story.

Date: Saturday, 1.30pm

Venue: National Museum of SingaporePrice: $13 from www.ticketbooth.sg

VILLAIN (2010)Rating: R21Drama/139 minutesDirector: Lee Sang IlSocially inept blue-collar worker Yuichi livwith his grandmother and meets women Internet-based dating services.

His latest fling is Yoshino, who isstringing him along until she finds someobetter.

After an unpleasant encounter betweenthe two, Yoshino is found dead and Yuichquickly becomes the main suspect.Date: Monday, 7.30pmVenue: National Museum of SingaporePrice: Free admission

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Why I always stood by DadMEET Malaysian singer and CourtsMega Raya Sale ambassador, ShilaAmzah, when she performs at CausewayPoint on Sunday.

The 22-year-old rose to fame afterwinning Chinese reality singingcompetition Asian Wave last year.

Amzah also won the Asia New SingerCompetition in 2008 and was therunner-up in One In A Million in 2007.

Courts Singapore is giving away 10pairs of tickets to meet the singer and towatch her performance. All you have todo is answer this question:

Who is the Asian Wave 2012 winnerand Courts Raya Ambassador?

Send your answer [email protected], with subject titleMy Paper Shila Amzah Contest,together with your full name, NRIC

number and mobile number beforeWednesday, 11.59pm.Courts will pick the first 10 correct

entries.

Win tickets to catch

Shila Amzah live

Films to catch at the Japanese Film Festival

Q&AFilm

producer

JIRO

SHINDO

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Hertz has launched a car-rental service called Hertz 24/7, which letscustomers rent a variety of vehicles for any length of time by the hourweek or month. It is now available at 1,800 neighbourhood and airpolocations in the United States, France, Germany, Britain, Spain and Auwith plans for it to be available in over 2,000 locations worldwide by yea

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Jamaican culture is depicted incolours on a wall in downtown Kingston. One of Jamaicasmajor economic sectors is tourism. An estimated 1.3 milliontourists visit the island every year. But critics say that it needsto work on its flight routes, particularly with China, wheretravellers arrive via North American airports.

As celebrations for the 200thanniversary of Jane AustensPride And Prejudice hit fullstride, those seeking toexperience Britains literarydestinations will have adubious luxury of choice.

In a country where everyseaside cliff, meticulousgarden, cobbled street or quietwatering hole seemingly hassome connection to British

authors or stories, how doesone choose among theabundance of tours,excursions, museums andfestivals?

For Louise Allen, Britishauthor of dozens of historicalromance novels, visiting themuseums and haunts of hercountrys most-celebratedwriters has become a welcomeby-product of researchingsettings for her tales of lustfullords and ladies.

She discusses her favouritedestinations.

What advice would you give foranyone trying to decide whichtours and attractions are thebest?Check out the amount of details in thebrochures or websites and see how good theresponse is to any queries you send them.

Ask about the qualifications of the tourguide and the size of the group; you want tomake sure you can hear the tour guide, andsome destinations can get quite crowded.

Ask how you will be travelling. Theproblems with some tours that Ive seen arethat they spend an awful lot of time travelling.

People think that England is small, but soare a lot of our roads, and traffic can beheavy, and you can spend an awful lot oftime between places.

So make sure that you will be spendingthe maximum amount of time at the thingsthat interest you.

What are some of yourfavourite destinations thatmight be a little less known?Broadstairs in Kent is something that foreitourists just never seem to get to eventhough its a fairly easy trip from London.

It is a charming, rather old-fashionedseaside town with a beach and great cliffwalks, and has strong ties to CharlesDickens.

For lovers of Keats, there is Hampsteadwith his house and walks on the Heath witgreat views of London.

For fans of C.S. Lewis or J.R.R. Tolkienthe Eagle and Child pub in Oxford is a greaplace to drop in. It has an English-pub inteand is where the Inklings, the drinking clubthat Lewis and Tolkien belonged to, used tmeet.

What if youre travelling withkids?

Mix in some child-friendly activities along tway.

If you want to see the Globe Theatre, wnot start at Southwark Cathedral, whereShakespeare worshipped. Take in the origi1822 Old Operating Theatre, explore thefantastic Borough Market full of foodie treasee the full-sized replica of Sir Francis DrakGolden Hinde, then walk along the river to Globe for fantastic views.

For Harry Potter fans, visit Platform Ninand Three-Quarters at Kings Cross so theycan have their photos taken while pushingtrolley through the wall.

For those hoping to get in onthe Jane Austen celebrations,what are some of thehighlights?

In London, I think its Poets Corner inWestminster Abbey for the real fans. Its aremarkable collection of monuments andmemorials for her and all sorts of people Burns, Keats, Shelley and many writers ofAustens period.

Also, go to the houses she visited,particularly the one at Henrietta Street inCovent Garden, where she stayed with herbrother Henry.

She wrote a lot about going to the theathere, and you can visit the theatre and do behind-the-scenes tour.

Bath, of course, is the other obvious onand the Jane Austen House Museum at

Chawton is absolutely delightful.

NYT

PHOTO: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP

Q&AAuthor

LOUISE

ALLEN

Great haunts for

fans of British lit

Jamaica draw:

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B Y A N A O W

WITH his French-ac-cented Englishand incongruous-ly-thick mous-

tache, no one would havethought that our Kakadu NationalPark guide, Guy, was an experton the history of indigenous Aus-tralians in the Northern Territory.

He arrived in the wee hours ina four-wheel-drive van to pick upour party for the six-hour journeyto Kakadu and proved to be awalking encyclopaedia of usefuland detailed information aboutDarwin, the surrounding lands,and the plant and animal speciesfound in the landscape.

He is a passionate theorist onthelives of theAboriginals in Aus-tralia, based on his own readings,research and experience in theheritage spaces he works at such as Kakadu, where the Abo-riginals have resided for the last40,000 years.

Riding shotgun during the jour-ney, I was given a running com-mentary on the background andhistory of the lands and how theAboriginals must have lived backin the day.

STRICT GENDER ROLES

What came across very stronglybefore my trip to the NorthernTerritory even began was the re-gard and respect given to the na-tives of the land.

Photography and videographypermits for sacred sites like Uluruhad to be sought in advance.

Even with permits, certain an-gles or faces of the rock are not tobe photographed.

The Aboriginals and peoplewho administer the sites guardtheir heritage jealously and arevery protective about their sto-ries.

They believe that the stories passed down from generation togeneration need to be communi-cated in context, not destroyedby being consumed in parts.

During tours and talks on plac-es of Aboriginal interests, such asKakadu and Alice Springs Des-sert Park, it came to light that cer-tain day-to-day tasks in the past such as gathering food and takingcare of children were carriedout only by women. These wereknown as womens business.

Skills in farming, hunting andother survival activities werepassed down the ancestral line

strictly according to gender roles.When Guy tried to tell us

more about the local flora nur-

tured by the tribes as medicinalplants for birth-control use, hewas chided by a fellow parkguide, for he was a man and, thus,should not be privy to womensbusiness.

Safe to say, culture is takenpretty seriously by people in Aus-tralia.

THE LIVING ART GALLERIES

Some of the most amazing lega-cies of the Aboriginals of Austral-ia are their cave paintings.

Dating back tens of thousandsof years ago, they typically depictday-to-day activities like eatingand dancing.

They were found mostly oncave walls that were low and dry,prompting some to speculate that

these areas served as classroomsfor teaching children about life.

The works ofart at KakaduNa-tional Park have been preservedremarkably and displayed in theiroriginal setting.

The park developers evenwent as far as to create viewingplatforms andbenches, so that vis-itors can take their time to readthe write-ups that accompanyeach drawing and take it all in.

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The writer is a full-timecopywriter who blogs abouttravel and family atwww.travellinginthrees.com

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N E W Y O R K

W

HEN it comesto fitness, ex-

perts say mengenerally wantto be bulkier and women wantto be trimmer.

Thats why as more womentackle brawny boot camps andmen seek flexible peace on theyoga mat, crossing traditionalgender lines intelligently can be a good idea.

Ms Geralyn Coopersmith,national director of the Equi-nox Fitness Training Institute,said that there are also hormo-nal, structural and body-com-position differences betweenthe sexes.

So if theyre both trainingfor a marathon theyll train invery similar ways but well

look out for different things.Womens wider hips leavethem more prone to knee inju-ries, while men, pound forpound, will always have morelean body tissue.

Technically, the man is fit-ter in that regard, she said.

Its harder for women totackle extreme workouts, suchas Crossfit or P90X, Ms Coop-ersmith said.

Theyre not going to beatthe men but will probably getpretty good at it and get veryfit, she said.

Dr Michele Olson, an exer-cise physiologist with theAmerican College of SportsMedicine, said that while eve-

ryone needs aerobic fitness,strength and flexibility, the ac-tivities needed to achievethem can be very different.

In the early years, womenneed to focus on bones andmen on aerobics, said Dr Ol-son, a professor at the AuburnUniversity Montgomery Hu-man Performance Lab, in Ala-bama.

She added that researchshows its important for young-er women to take on activitieswith sufficient impact, such as

jogging, jumping rope or stepaerobics, at least 20 minutestwice a week, to develop goodbone density.

Bone densitycan failen in their 40s, said Dson, while men tend torobust bones until very l

life.She added that heart his especially importanmen, who are plagueheart disease at a youngeThey need to focus on threct exercises for the heacluding low-impact cardercises like bicycling or ming.

Women at any age slift weights, she said, athat interval-style trainmore efficient in burninmid-belly fat women testore after menopause.

It doesnt have toboot camp. You can do itreadmill by adjusting or incline at one-minute vals, she explained.

As men age, their laflexibility catches upthem, but oestrogen has the tendons of women elastic.

Fitness instructor Ellerett believes the gendequire completely differeness formulas.

S up er - in t en s e, ta ry -sty le wo rk o uts long-distance runningamong the activities Msrett feels are made forwhile Pilates and yoga amuch more woman-frien

Ms Barrett said when stends a yoga class with heband its like a tale of twies.

I feel like Ive had asage, she explained. Mband has to recover.

REUTERS

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A California judge on Monday refused to block the teaching of yoga as pthe Encinitas Unified School Districts physical-fitness programme, rejecparents claims that the classes were an unconstitutional promotion of Ereligion. Judge John Meyer said the modern practice of yoga, despite itsorigins in Hindu philosophy,is a distinctly American cultural phenomeno

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BURIED under e-mail messages?Losing control of an overflowinginbox? New apps have been de-signed to help consumers dealwith seemingly-endless streamsof electronic mail.

Three apps, Dispatch and Box-er for the iPhone, and Boomer-ang for Android devices, try tomake e-mail management on

smartphones fast and simple.Another app called Sanebox,

which works on any platform andcosts between US$2 (S$2.50) andUS$20 each month,creates a fold-er in a users mailbox where it fil-ters unimportant messages. Algo-rithms in the app learn about a us-ers behaviour to understandwhat he considers urgent.

You think youre being pro-ductive by clearing stuff out ofyour inbox but, no matter howgood you are, more e-mail mes-sages will keep coming, said MrDmitri Leonov, vice-president ofBoston-based SaneBox.

The average office workerspends 13 hours each week read-

ing, writing and replying toe-mail messages, according to theMcKinsey Global Institute.

The Dispatch app works bycommunicating with 16 otherapps, such as one for note-takingand another linked to to-do lists,to simplify e-mail messages.

Users can send a link to Insta-paper, an app for reading articlesat a later time, and can also cus-tomise messages to help them re-spond to e-mail messages faster.

Boxer has a feature where us-ers can like an e-mail messageand put it on the apps to-do listfor later processing. Users can al-so request a colleague to handlean e-mail message, and there aretemplates for quick responses,such as good idea and whendo you need this?

Both Dispatch and Boxer costUS$4.99 and are available world-wide.

Meanwhile, Boomerang al-lows users to defer messages untillater, schedule messages to besent at a particular time, andtrack responses. The free appworks only with Gmail.REUTERS

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THE last handset to hold therecord of being the worlds thin-nest smartphone Huaweis As-cend P6 did so for just seven

days before it was knocked offits perch.

Fellow Chinese phone-makerUmeox has just gone one betterwith the X5, which is 5.6mmthick.

In comparison, the Ascend P6measures 6mm, the SamsungGalaxy S4 is a whopping 7.9mma nd t he i P h on e 5 , afar-from-svelte 7.6mm.

In terms of internal specifica-tions, the Umeox X5 offers a5.3-inch touchscreen, a du-al-core processor, an 8MP rearcamera and a 3MP front-facingcamera, and will come with the

latest version of Android pstalled.

The Ascend P6 has mod er t h e h o o d, n am equad-core processor, and afront-facing camera to coment its 8MP rear-facing u

While Umeox has yet tofirmspecifics such as screenlution or battery life, it hafirmed that the X5 will be able in Europe and China. Itpected to go on sale in Fthis s umm er , be for e launched across the rest ocontinent.

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ZYN G A c o-founderMark Pincus said onM o nd a y t h a t h e i shanding over the helm

of the struggling social-game com-pany to Microsofts entertain-ment-division chief, Mr Don Mat-trick.

Ive always said (to the Zyn-ga board)that if I could find some-one who could do a better job as

our chief executive officer, Id doall I could to recruit and bringthat person in, Mr Pincus said ina letter to employees. Im confi-dent that Don is that leader.

Last month, Zynga announcedthat it was cutting nearly a fifth ofits staff as it refocuses on gamesfor mobile devices.

It has been pulling the plug onunpopular games and investing intitles for play on smartphones ortablets, as well as its own onlinearena at zynga.com.

It rose to stardom by tailoringgames forplay by friends on Face-book. But the two firms havegrown apart in the past year as

Facebook develops new revenuestreamsand Zynga seeks new con-sumers.

Mr Mattrick was at the centreof a backlash against Microsoft re-cently, over plans for new-genera-tion Xbox One consoles to re-quire Internet connections andputting restrictions on playing sec-ond-hand game disks.

About two weeks ago, he an-nounced in a blog post that theUnited States technology titan

had aborted the plan in the faceof outrage by gamers.Wedbush Morgan analyst

Michael Pachter deemed it badtiming for Microsoft to have MrMattrick leave just months beforethe release of a new-generationXbox console out to be the heartof Internet-age home entertain-ment.

Microsoft said it will chargeUS$499 (S$632) for an XboxOne console when it is released inthe US and Europe in November.

That is the samemonth that Ja-pan-based rival Sony will releasenew-generation PlayStation 4consoles at US$399 each.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmersaid that he will directly overseeMr Mattricks team, in whatmany considered a sign that thedeparture was unexpected.

Its a big deal for Zynga; its abig deal for Microsoft, and its abig deal that Electronic Arts is notgetting him, Mr Pachter said.Mr Mattrick is a great hire; Ithink he will work fine.

Industry had suspected that

Mr Mattrick was going to move toUS video-game titan ElectronicArts.

Mr Ballmer praised Mr Mat-trick and bade him good fortunein an internal memo sent to work-ers and posted online.

Since Mr Mattrick joined Mi-crosofts interactive-entertain-ment team more than six yearsago, Xbox 360 has become thetop-selling console in NorthAmerica and membership in the

Xbox Live service has growneightfold to 48 million.Mr Mattrick said in an e-mail

message to Zynga workers thatwas shared online: I joined Zyn-ga because I believe that Markspioneering vision and mission toconnect the world through gamesare just getting started.

Zynga is a great business thathas yet to realise its full poten-tial.

Zynga, which was founded in2007,launched games such as Cit-yVille, Words With Friends andZynga Poker that run on Face-book and other platforms.

Its games are free to play but

the company makes monselling virtual in-game gooplayers and serving up advements.

Zynga is in need of fresh blood to invigorate itsership team and Mr Mawould certainly make a forble fit, said Tech Savvy anScott Steinberg.

Zy n g a a cq ui r e sname-brand executive withen experience to expand in tcreasingly online and mgame world.

AFP

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LOOKING for a policy that coversimpaired health?

Here are some options from ToMarine Life Insurance Singapore:

TM WELLBEING (CANCERCARAs it is important to undergotreatment in the early stages of canfor a good chance of recovery,CancerCare allows for a maximum five claims of up to $30,000 eachupon diagnosis of early cancers.

This plan also pays the full sumassured in one lump sum in the evof a major cancer diagnosis.

CancerCare offers coverage termoptions up to ages 60, 65, or 70 (oyour next birthday) so you can havpeace of mind.

It also provides an additional 10per cent of the original sum assurein the event of death, regardless ofthe number of early cancer claimsadmitted.

TM EARLYCAREDread diseases such as cancer, orstrokes and heart attacks, can happwithout any obvious signs.

TM EarlyCare is a plan thatprovides a wide coverage of 91medical conditions or proceduresarising from special conditions anddread diseases at different stages oseverity.

It gives you the advantage of anearly lump-sum payout even when condition is at a less-severe stage,which lessens any financial strain oyou and your loved ones and, thusreinforces your ability to take chargof your treatment and recoveryoptions early on.

The plan allows for multiple claifor different medical conditions or tsame medical condition that hasprogressed to a more-severe stage

All benefits and features aresubject to terms and condition

We all know that life isuncertain. And toprepare for the futureand unforeseen events itmay bring, were toldconstantly that

insurance is crucial.One of the reasons for

this is that if you arestruck with a diseasesuch as cancer, or suffera stroke or heart attack,you will be considered aperson with impairedhealth.

Insurance can helpgive financial security,while you focus onrecovery.

My Paper spoke to MsWillni Low, a seniorfinancial-planningconsultant at Tokio

Marine Life InsuranceSingapore (TMLS), onthe topic.

What is consideredimpaired health?While impaired health may not be acommonly-used insurance term, atTMLS, its meaning may span frominjury from an accident requiringsurgical procedures or hospitalisation,to early stages of critical illnesses,and even to total and permanentdisability.

In this age of rising medical costs,it is prudent to secure some financialprotection before any incident illnesses, accidents or occurrences ofphysical impairment.

Not all risks are insurable, and itmay be difficult for one already withimpaired health to purchaseinsurance policies.

What are someconsiderations to keep inmind when selecting apolicy to cover impairedhealth?One may consider the followingfactors:

YOUR LIFESTYLEIf you are outgoing and engage in alot of outdoor activities, you maywant to consider a personal accidentpolicy.

FAMILY HISTORYSome medical conditions may behereditary. One may want to considergetting some advice on critical-illnessand medical-expense insurance.

LIFE STAGEThe life stages that we go through arecommonly categorised underchildhood, young unmarried, youngmarried, young married with children,married with older children,pre-retirement and retirement.

The need to have financial securityin the face of impaired health appliesto all life stages, especially groupsthat are more susceptible todeteriorating health conditions orgetting injured.

DEPENDANTS AND CONTINUALLIVING EXPENSESWe should plan beyond the medicalcosts for specific incidents of healthimpairment. When one is struck witha critical illness, it may render oneunable to continue working in thesame capacity and earning the samelevel of income.

We need to factor in the familys

living expenses and contingent

expenses, especially for those withdependants. For example, one mayhave young school-going childrenand would need to continue tosupport them.

REGULAR REVIEW OF PORTFOLIOIt is prudent to review onesinsurance needs on a regular basis. It

is recommended that one worksthrough possible changes in familyand financial situation with theassistance of a financial adviser.

Can you share someexamples of productsavailable?Theres Critical Illness Insurance, alsoknown as Dread Disease Insurance,which pays a lump sum in the eventthat you are diagnosed to have acovered critical illness. The paymentis not dependent on whether one ishospitalised, but according to a set ofdefinitions when a claim is applicable.

It is commonly offered togetherwith life-insurance plans.

Disability Income Insuranceserves to replace a portion of yourlost income when you lose the abilityto work because of disability arisingfrom an accident or illness.

Early Pay Critical Illness Insuranceplans are getting more common they pay a portion of the insuredamount even in the early stages of acovered critical illness.

VICTORIA BARKER

For more information on thetypes of health insuranceavailable, speak to yourpreferred adviser or visitwww.tokiomarine-life.sg

ARE YOUINSURED? In thisage of rising medical

costs, it may beprudent to securefinancial protectionearly. PHOTO: TOKIOMARINE LIFEINSURANCE

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